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10 Top Literary Oases for Groups—in Hotels!

Smart Meetings

Featuring everything from bedtime storybooks to digital books and new titles, library rooms are popping up at high-end properties. Some have transformed a classic room into a book suite, while others have turned the lobby lounge in a literary club or have teamed up with specific companies to offer books for bedroom reading.

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Becoming a writer

Conferences that Work

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Write a book? Outwardly, I’ve succeeded. My 1977 Ph.D.

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10 World Famous Event Planning Companies

Social Tables

Also, Goyal is well known for organizing private events for celebrities like Jessica Simpson and Janet Jackson. Colin Cowie is a book author, designer, and TV celebrity. Mostly known for organizing weddings, he was awarded by Life & Style Magazine as the “Best Celebrity Wedding Planner”. Colin Cowie – New York.

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The job you’ll be doing in the future hasn’t been invented yet

Conferences that Work

1992: I organize a conference where there are no expert speakers available (it’s a new field, there are no experts). Organizations hear about these conferences and ask me to design and facilitate them. 2005: I realize that the conference process I invented and since improved is incredibly popular with participants.

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Meetings Due Diligence in the Aftermath of a Disaster

MeetingsNet

Virgin Islands, meeting professionals with future events booked in affected areas are grappling with a tough question: Should we stay or should we go? Ask your venue or CVB for contact information for other organizations holding meetings in the area to find out what they’re learning through their due-diligence efforts as well, he suggests.

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People on the Move

Convene by PCMA

Yates began her tenure at the destination marketing organization in 2005 as vice president of marketing and communications. In her role, she will be responsible for booking Moscone Center conventions for all accounts in Washington, D.C., Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where. Stacey Yates.

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How and Why Visit Indy Adopted an All-Digital Marketing Approach

Crowdriff

When Jeff Robinson began working for Visit Indy as a digital designer 11 years ago, the destination marketing organization had only just begun its transition from print to digital. Convention room bookings have more than doubled from 400,000 to 815,000 , while leisure travel grew from 21.5 Opting for an all digital strategy.